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there was a quirk when they passed the law nancy pelosi said you have to pass the law to find out what was in it, what wasn't in it is a funding mechanism for federal exchanges. many of the states are skipping state exchanges paid for by an employer mandate to either fund health care insurance for employees 50 or more or to pay a fine in effect into a state exchange. the language for funding state exchanges isn't there for the federal exchanges. something like 15 to 20 states now are opting for the federal exchange so there's no funding mechanism. so the house has to revisit this. taxing legislation has to come through the house of representatives. so there's john boehner's mandate. >> now, donna, there's another quote from that article in the cincinnati inquirer i want to show and ask you about. he said in it there are essentially three major routes to repeal the president's law, the court of congressional process, with those routes coming up short, the third and final one becomes more important than ever. do you think that's the message of the last election to try to essentially repe
there was a quirk when they passed the law nancy pelosi said you have to pass the law to find out what was in it, what wasn't in it is a funding mechanism for federal exchanges. many of the states are skipping state exchanges paid for by an employer mandate to either fund health care insurance for employees 50 or more or to pay a fine in effect into a state exchange. the language for funding state exchanges isn't there for the federal exchanges. something like 15 to 20 states now are opting for...
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charter, the security council passes laws, resolutions, which are legally binding. when they set up this u.n. shop nearly 60 years ago, people thought the general assembly which we are watching the action today was really going to be the place to be and that no one would really want to be on the security council. but over the years it became the place. and the security council controls the sending of u.n. troops, military once voted on. general assembly sometimes symbolic or it gives the weight of the world message. however i think the people already knew the weight of the message is strongly behind the palestinians and heard oh countries backing abbas who received several standing ovations. he said enough is enough. now is the time for this measure. palestinians said they're going to abide by all measures of the u.n., but everyone will be watching to see if they challenge israel in the international criminal court and request prosecutions of israeli soldiers or politicians. israel says it could also do the same. the israeli ambassador says why doesn't president abb
charter, the security council passes laws, resolutions, which are legally binding. when they set up this u.n. shop nearly 60 years ago, people thought the general assembly which we are watching the action today was really going to be the place to be and that no one would really want to be on the security council. but over the years it became the place. and the security council controls the sending of u.n. troops, military once voted on. general assembly sometimes symbolic or it gives the weight...
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troop, in other words, that they wouldn't be prosecuted under local laws like afghan laws. he doesn't feel that's going to be as big of a hurdle in afghanistan as it was in iraq. he says president hamid karzai is much stronger in his ability to say, we want u.s. troops here. he says one of the things that's going to be key is the afghans' demand for a lot of money in the later years, say, five, six, seven years out, how much money the afghans will want in return, wolf. >> because the president kept saying during the campaign, as you know, chris, that all u.s. troops would be out of afghanistan by the end of 2014. there's still about 70,000 u.s. troop there is right now. and most of them are presumably going to be there for the next two years or so, costing taxpayers roughly $1 billion a year to keep the troops there. would this be seen as a violation of the president's commitment to the american people to get all troops out of afghanistan by the end of 2014? >> reporter: well, it depends how you read the president's previous statements, wolf. it also depends on how things c
troop, in other words, that they wouldn't be prosecuted under local laws like afghan laws. he doesn't feel that's going to be as big of a hurdle in afghanistan as it was in iraq. he says president hamid karzai is much stronger in his ability to say, we want u.s. troops here. he says one of the things that's going to be key is the afghans' demand for a lot of money in the later years, say, five, six, seven years out, how much money the afghans will want in return, wolf. >> because the...
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deep cuts in federal spending coupled with sharp tax increases by law they take effect automatically and many experts fear will throw the u.s. economy back into a recession. both congress and the white house are trying to make a deficit reduction deal to avoid the financial chaos. and president obama's reverting to some campaign mode right now to try to make sure things are done his way. our white house correspondent dan lothian is joining us now with new information. what are you learning, dan? >> reporter: well, wolf, while senior members of the administration including secretary geithner, chief of staff jack lou also top advisor meeting with -- the president himself trying to sell his vision to the public, but some say it's not a winning strategy. it doesn't take a gps to find the way to the fiscal cliff. much more difficult, finding the off ramp. at the president's first meeting with congressional leaders more than a week ago, there was a sense of optimism. >> my hope is is that this is going to be the beginning of a fruitful process. >> reporter: there was a follow-up phone call
deep cuts in federal spending coupled with sharp tax increases by law they take effect automatically and many experts fear will throw the u.s. economy back into a recession. both congress and the white house are trying to make a deficit reduction deal to avoid the financial chaos. and president obama's reverting to some campaign mode right now to try to make sure things are done his way. our white house correspondent dan lothian is joining us now with new information. what are you learning,...
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yelling out that he was a spy, it brings home that this is a place that, you know, there is not a rule of law, and it is -- it's obviously, you know, the divisions are very clear. >> we saw explosions, literally not far away from you. we saw you ducking. we saw ben wedeman, arwa damon, sara sidner. they were close to you, these bombs. >> very close. we were standing in front of an open window like this and you could feel the shock waves through your body sometimes. the windows would rattle, the building itself would shake. and we're talking, you know, a block away, two, three, four, five blocks away. and it's startling. ben wedeman is made of sturdier stuff than i and was able to stand there without ducking as i did did. but it really brings home to you what it's like for gazans. >> can only imagine the terror these people are feeling. >> right. and they have nowhere else to go. i'm able to leave. there for three nights, able to leave and back here now. they don't have any other place to go. >> when you got out, you got out through a crossing into israel. >> right, a very laborious process. >
yelling out that he was a spy, it brings home that this is a place that, you know, there is not a rule of law, and it is -- it's obviously, you know, the divisions are very clear. >> we saw explosions, literally not far away from you. we saw you ducking. we saw ben wedeman, arwa damon, sara sidner. they were close to you, these bombs. >> very close. we were standing in front of an open window like this and you could feel the shock waves through your body sometimes. the windows would...
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and yelling out that he was a spy, it brings home that this is a place that there is not a rule of law. and it is obviously the divisions are clear. >> we saw explosions literally not far from you, we saw you ducking, ben wedeman, arwa damon, sara sidner, they were pretty close to you. >> yeah, very close. we were standing in front of an open window like this and you could feel the shock waves, the blast waves through your body. >> really? >> the windows rattled, the building itself would shake. we're talking, you know, a block away, two or three or four or five blocks away. it's startling. ben wedeman is much made of sturdier stuff and i and was able to stand without ducking quite so much as i did. but it really brings home to you what it's like for gazans. >> you can only imagine the terror these people were feeling. >> oh, it was terrifying. and we were there for three nights. i was able to leave. they don't have any other place to go. >> when you got out you got out through a process through israel. >> yes, it's very laborious. >> it's very restricted. >> it is. you give him a pass
and yelling out that he was a spy, it brings home that this is a place that there is not a rule of law. and it is obviously the divisions are clear. >> we saw explosions literally not far from you, we saw you ducking, ben wedeman, arwa damon, sara sidner, they were pretty close to you. >> yeah, very close. we were standing in front of an open window like this and you could feel the shock waves, the blast waves through your body. >> really? >> the windows rattled, the...